Chapter 5
No One's POV
"Dude…no fucking way", Emmett mumbles. The bear of a vampire sits still as a statue, frozen in shock, Xbox controller hanging loosely from his hand. "I think you broke him", Alice mumbles, equally shocked. Both vampires turn to look at the teenager who is now leaning back against the couch, arms behind her head and smirk on her face. Upon Rayne's arrival, Emmett had called dibs on the human and they'd both been planted on the bean bags in front of the impressive flat screen in the Cullen's living room, duking it out to see who was the true, 'videogame master'.
"Told you big man, no one can beat me at Mortal Kombat", Rayne smirks with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Now, about my payment", she grins, staring at the plate of cookies sitting on the coffee table across the room. "You cheated dude, you just kept using uppercut the entire time", Emmett whines, crossing his arms over his chest. "There wasn't anything in the rules about that, besides, you can't beat me when I pick Johnny Cage", Rayne shrugs before pushing herself up and out of the squishy confines of the beanbag chair to shamble over to the coffee table with an exaggerated walk. Giggling at the human's antics, Alice almost rolled her eyes at the 50th text from her sisters, asking if Rayne was alright. The two vampires volunteered to go to the store to get groceries to make dinner for their human, Esme had been called in to work and had been unable to go herself and they didn't trust Emmett to get anything but junk-food, not that he would've gone and missed out on this bonding experience.
Rosalie's POV
"Alice says they're gonna watch a movie now", I relay to my mate, watching her tap nervously on the steering wheel. All morning Victoria had been running around the house, practically child proofing the place. 'And I thought I was over-protective, I can't blame her though, though Rayne is far from clumsy she definitely has her moments'. Vic didn't even take an hour; she'd simply run into the grocery store and back out with only enough ingredients to make some Alfredo and Garlic Bread.
Running my hand up and down her tense forearm, I think back to the incident that happened a few days ago. It was the end of the school day and we had all been waiting near our cars, Vic and I refused to leave the parking lot until we saw Rayne make it to her car safely and drive off. Mating instincts or not, I felt extremely protective over our young mate. Anyway, we'd been waiting near the cars when we saw Rayne exit the school and walk down the stairs, head thrown back as she let out an adorable laugh at something that Alice had said, a smiling Jasper trailing behind them while shaking his head. Watching the joy on her face made my eyes light up. As they were making their way towards the cars I heard snickering and saw the varsity soccer team standing near the end of the parking lot, staring right at Rayne. Looking back at Rayne I saw that she'd pulled her phone from her back pocket and was just scrolling through it, still talking to Alice, when I heard one of the players yell, "Hey new girl, think fast!"
A loud snarl tore its way out of my throat as I saw one of the players take a running start and kick the ball as hard as he could, right in Rayne's direction. I wanted to rip the little shit to shreds, if not for Emmett who was busy restraining Vic and I, I would've succeeded. Given the amount of people that were staring at the scene, none of us could risk exposure by catching the ball so Alice and Jasper simply stared in horror at the projectile. What surprised us all was the fact that without even flinching, Rayne simply used her unoccupied hand to catch the soccer ball before tossing it back to the soccer players; the entire parking lot was deathly quiet as Rayne continued walking towards the cars with an equally bewildered Alice and amused Jasper following her.
"What the shit?" Em mumbled, Victoria finally managed to pull out of his grasp and walked up to Rayne. Gently taking the girl's hand in her own, she turned it over and stared at the rapidly reddening palm. I didn't need Jasper's powers to feel the murderous intent that was rolling off of her in waves; however what Rayne did next surprised me. Pulling her hand from Victoria's, the girl simply cupped the redhead's face with both hands and grinned at her reassuringly, "I'm tougher than I look Vic, but thanks for worrying". I heard Victoria's breath hitch and felt a sense of pride for my mate, knowing how badly the impact must have hurt from the almost imperceptible shaking of her hand yet Rayne still didn't acknowledge the pain for fear of worrying us.
"Well, as fun as this was, I need to head home guys", the teen announces, after hugging Alice and high-fiving Emmett, the teen smiles and waves shyly at myself and Victoria before walking towards her car. "So…that was interesting", Alice chirps. "I'll say, Ray's like a secret ninja", Emmett exclaims, the dork even went so far as chopping the air and doing the praying mantis. Jasper simply chuckles. "She was scared shitless when she saw the ball, but she wanted to impress Rose and Vic so she played it off", he supplies at the curious looks from the rest of us.
No One's POV
"Miranda Lawson", Rayne replies with a shrug. "Dude no way, Liara is bae" Emmett scoffs, "she's been with Shep from the start, plus she's in the games a hell of a lot more than Miranda". "Be that as it may, Liara's a little lamb compared to Miranda Em, she's basically a damn super soldier and she's fucking sexy, don't deny it, Alice c'mon you agree right?", Rayne pouts as she stares at Alice with puppy dog eyes, silently begging the pixie to agree with her. Alice internally coos, before responding, "I don't know guys, I thought Garrus was pretty hot".
"Ugh, of course you did, the scarred badass, how am I not surprised?" Emmett mumbles, letting out a loud yelp when Alice smacks him upside the head with a rolled up magazine she'd been browsing through. Rayne doubles over from laughter, as Jasper smirks from his place on the loveseat, head buried in his book. "As fun as this is, I think ya'll should take a break now" Jasper comments, feeling the exhaustion coming off the teen. Rayne yawns and stretches out on the beanbag, sinking further into the squishy chair, bringing her knees up to her chest and curling up into a ball, staring at an amused Alice. "What?" she asks, a bit put off by the mysterious smile. "Oh nothing" the petite girl croons innocently, a playful smile on her lips as she is hit by another vision. "I just didn't know you had a thing for brunettes Rayne", the petite girl smirks as she hears the telltale sign of the BMW's engine shutting off and a door slams a bit too hard. "Well, it's not really cuz she's a brunette…" Rayne trails off, a blush on her cheeks as she runs a hand through her hair nervously. "Oh yeah, then why do you think Miranda's so hot?" Emmett asks, winking at Alice as they hear two sets of growls coming from outside. Knowing full well that their sisters could hear, Alice had decided to have some fun.
A/N: Hey guys, been a looooooooooooong time huh? Well I'm back now and boy do I have some plans for this story. I've got some other stories in mind too, so keep an eye out for those. I hope you guys are all staying indoors and taking the necessary steps to keep yourself and your family safe.
P.S. I will be forever fucking pissed that you can't romance Miranda with FemShep.